Jimmy is joined in studio by regular co-host Jon Hoche and newcomer/future foley artist Megan Bussiere! They chat some more Best of 2015 that they forgot about, Jimmy’s going to guest on another podcast and they focus on The Force before heading off to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the 3rd time (2nd for Megan)! News includes: Gene Yang named national ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Netflix will launch new Dreamworks Animation shows including Voltron, The Venture Bros. season 6 premieres January 31st, KaBoom! Studios is making Over the Garden Wall an ongoing series and the final hour long episode of Gravity Falls will air February 15. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Also, get a hold of us!

Welcome back to “Two True Freaks!” Star Trek Monthly Mondays — The BEST Star Trek Podcast Anywhere on the Internet!!

The month, The Freaks start off the show with a discussion of the most recent new comic book release by John Byrne and IDW. Chris has watched some more of James Cawley in “Phase II” and the “Of Gods and Men” movie. And Scott offers up a book review of the novelization of the 2009 J.J. Abrams film, so the talk turns to a re-examining of his and Chris’ feelings towards “New Trek“.

Then, it’s on to the CLASSIC TOS Era Trek and the awesome episode — Who Mourns For Adonais? — in which a lonely Greek God wants to reach out and touch someone so badly, he uses his big, green, glowy hand to snag the Enterprise!! It’s Kirk and Crew versus Apollo!!

Up next, in their continuing look at the first volume of DC Comics’ Star Trek comic book series, Chris and Scott take a peek at issue #13. Kirk and Crew are in the Mirror Universe and all is not as it seems! Can they survive in this evil, twisted, fun-house version of their reality… or will they be found out?

Last, but never least, The Freaks warp into the 24th Century where Captain Picard experiences the same thing Scott always does when the Ferengi show up — a massive friggin’ headache!! — in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Battle“!!

This week, The Freaks take up a long overdue topic: Alan Dean Foster’s “Splinter Of The Mind’s Eye”, the VERY FIRST Star Wars EU novel!

Joining the Freaks in this fun-filled tribute are fellow fanatics Joshua Lapin-Bertone, George Krstic, and Mike Poteet! Listen in for talk of Wandrellas, Yuzzem, magical healing crystals, Halla, and the bloodthirsty Imperial General Grammel!

PLEASE NOTE:
This episode is a rerun that originally aired August 25th, 2008.

Episode 3 – Star Wars: Episode VII – A “What if…?” Discussion

In this episode, the Freaks speculate on Star Wars: Episode VII !!

COULD there be one? SHOULD there be one? We discuss how we might make it. What would be the plot? What characters would we use or not use? What era would we set it in? What we’d LOVE to see!! What we’d HATE to see!!

NOTE: This episode was recorded LONG BEFORE Scott’s head-first dive into the Star Wars Expanded Universe. In fact, this discussion is what inspired him to do so!! Enjoy!!